Saxevile Rebel Bell - Saxeville, WI - Bells on Waymarking.com

In September 1861 Edward Saxe began recruiting the Waushara Rangers for the Army of the North. 50 men enlisted from and around Saxeville, some of them mere boys of 15. Everyone thought that the trouble would be over in a few months, and the boys would be home for the spring work, after spending the winter in the south. Little did they dream of the resources, courage and stamina of the fighting men of the South.

Captain Edward J. Saxe was killed at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1861, along with Sgt. Williams and Pvt. Cyrus Howe. Among those killed in action or died of wounds or disease were Capt. Anthony Gallagher, 1st Sgt. Steven McNeely, Pvt. C. Smith, James Patterson, J.E. Miliken and about 20 others of the company.

The history of Saxeville would be incomplete without mention of "Rebel Bell". This bell was taken from one of Confederate President Jefferson Davis' plantations near Corinth, Miss. and shipped home by members of Co. A 16th Reg. in 1862, to be placed atop the schoolhouse.

The posted coordinates will take you to the Rebel Bell, which is located in a small park next to the fire station and across from the post office. On the plaque beneath the bell you will notice the year that the bell was used to call slaves from the fields.

Enscription on the plaque:
The SAXEVILLE BELL originally was used to call the slaves from the fields at Jefferson Davis plantations near Corinth, Miss. in 1862 during the Civil War. Local soldiers captured it and shipped it to Saxeville

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